IELTS Vocabulary D (Part 2)

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deign v. To deem worthy of notice or account.deist n. One who believes in God, but denies supernatural revelation.deity n. A god, goddess, or divine person.deject v. To dishearten.dejection n. Melancholy.delectable adj. Delightful to the taste or to the senses.delectation n. Delight.deleterious adj. Hurtful, morally or physically.delicacy n. That which is agreeable to a fine taste.delineate v. To represent by sketch or diagram.deliquesce v. To dissolve gradually and become liquid by absorption of moisture from the air.delirious adj. Raving.delude v. To mislead the mind or judgment of.deluge v. To overwhelm with a flood of water.delusion n. Mistaken conviction, especially when more or less enduring.demagnetize v. To deprive (a magnet) of magnetism.demagogue n. An unprincipled politician.demeanor n. Deportment.demented adj. Insane.demerit n. A mark for failure or bad conduct.demise n. Death.demobilize v. To disband, as troops.demolish v. To annihilate.demonstrable adj. Capable of positive proof.demonstrate v. To prove indubitably.demonstrative adj. Inclined to strong exhibition or expression of feeling or thoughts.demonstrator n. One who proves in a convincing and conclusive manner.demulcent n. Any application soothing to an irritable surfacedemurrage n. the detention of a vessel beyond the specified time of sailing.dendroid adj. Like a tree.dendrology n. The natural history of trees.denizen n. Inhabitant.denominate v. To give a name or epithet to.denomination n. A body of Christians united by a common faith and form of worship and discipline.denominator n. Part of a fraction which expresses the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided.denote v. To designate by word or mark.denouement n. That part of a play or story in which the mystery is cleared up.denounce v. To point out or publicly accuse as deserving of punishment, censure, or odium.dentifrice n. Any preparation used for cleaning the teeth.denude v. To strip the covering from.denunciation n. The act of declaring an action or person worthy of reprobation or punishment.deplete v. To reduce or lessen, as by use, exhaustion, or waste.deplorable adj. Contemptible.deplore v. To regard with grief or sorrow.deponent adj. Laying down.depopulate v. To remove the inhabitants from.deport v. To take or send away forcibly, as to a penal colony.deportment n. Demeanor.deposition n. Testimony legally taken on interrogatories and reduced to writing, for use as evidence in court.depositor n. One who makes a deposit, or has an amount deposited.depository n. A place where anything is kept in safety.deprave v. To render bad, especially morally bad.deprecate v. To express disapproval or regret for, with hope for the opposite.depreciate v. To lessen the worth of.depreciation n. A lowering in value or an underrating in worth.depress v. To press down.depression n. A falling of the spirits.depth n. Deepness.derelict adj. Neglectful of obligation.deride v. To ridicule.derisible adj. Open to ridicule.derision n. Ridicule.derivation n. That process by which a word is traced from its original root or primitive form and meaning.derivative adj. Coming or acquired from some origin.derive v. To deduce, as from a premise.dermatology n. The branch of medical science which relates to the skin and its diseases.derrick n. An apparatus for hoisting and swinging great weights.